Outdoor burning rules in Forsyth County, GA — also called the burn ban, open burning, or fire restriction ordinance — set when you can burn yard waste, debris, or run a recreational fire.
Open burning is tightly restricted in Forsyth County. The metro-Atlanta summer ban prohibits most outdoor burning from May 1 through September 30, and year-round a Fire Marshal permit and Georgia Forestry Commission notification are required.
Forsyth County lies inside Georgia's 54-county summer ozone zone, so the EPD Summer Open Burn Ban bars land-clearing, yard-debris, and most other open burning from May 1 through September 30. Outside those months, the Forsyth County Fire Marshal issues permits for land-clearing, agricultural, forestry, and disease-and-pest-control burning, and Georgia Forestry Commission notification is required first. Burning household garbage, tires, plastics, and construction debris is prohibited year-round under EPD Rule 391-3-1-.02(5). Authorized fires must be attended and generally occur between 10:00 a.m. and one hour before sunset. Recreational and cooking fires remain allowed under the fire code.
Illegal open burning, or burning during the May–September ban, is enforced by the Forsyth County Fire Marshal and Georgia EPD, with fines, an order to extinguish, and liability for any escaped fire.
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